STANFORD, Calif. – Behind 19 kills from Eric Beatty, the No. 8 Stanford men's volleyball team defeated Calgary for the second time in four days in an exhibition match at Burnham Pavilion.
The Cardinal hit .345 and held the Dinos to a .170 clip. Calgary finished with 10.0 blocks to Stanford's 6.5, while the Cardinal tallied a 65 percent sideout rate.
Beatty, a sophomore out of Huntington Beach, hit .500 while also collecting four digs, three blocks and two aces. Redshirt senior middle blocker Kevin Rakestraw added 13 kills on .478 hitting and three blocks.
Junior Russell Dervay controlled the offense with 45 assists, while notching four kills, four digs and two aces. Senior libero Evan Enriques totaled five digs and four assists.
Sophomore opposite Eli Wopat finished with eight kills, five digs and two aces. Freshman JP Reilly had five kills on .375 hitting in two sets.
Sophomore Jacob Thoenen was impressive from the service line, rallying the team back from a deficit late in the third period to a 25-22 victory.
Alex Bader had 12 kills and seven digs to lead Calgary.
Stanford officially opens the 2018 season on Friday at the UCSB Asics Invitational in Santa Barbara. The Cardinal will face Saint Francis at 10 a.m. and Princeton at 8 p.m.
